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Table 2 The frequency of microaneurysms in the nine fields in mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (n = 65 eyes)

From: Differential distribution of manifest lesions in diabetic retinopathy by fundus fluorescein angiography and fundus photography

Field

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

Posterior pole

44 (67.7)

reference

 

Superior

33 (50.8)

0.34 (0.14–0.82)

0.017

Superior temporal

21 (32.3)

0.09 (0.03–0.23)

< 0.001

Temporal

23 (35.4)

0.11 (0.04–0.28)

< 0.001

Inferior temporal

19 (29.2)

0.07 (0.03–0.18)

< 0.001

Inferior

28 (43.1)

0.20 (0.08–0.49)

0.001

Inferior nasal

38 (59.4)

0.58 (0.24–1.38)

0.216

Nasal

36 (55.4)

0.46 (0.19–1.10)

0.080

Superior nasal

30 (46.2)

0.25 (0.10–0.61)

0.002

  1. OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval